“Apple’s network of authorized ‘Premium Resellers’ across Europe have complained that they are no longer a priority since Apple began expanding its own retail locations,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.

“The ongoing struggle was profiled this week by France’s Les Echos. It details a complaint filed last November by eBizcuss, the first authorized reseller of Apple France and the largest in the country, which saw its sales fall 22 percent in its third fiscal quarter of 2011,” Hughes reports.

Hughes reports, “Authorized resellers who spoke with Les Echos said there has been a chronic shortage of supply for product supply. They also say they are held to standards by Apple they simply cannot meet.”

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Lava_Head_UK" for the heads up.]